Ralph the Heir
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Ralph the Heir is a novel by Anthony Trollope, originally published in 1871. Although Trollope described it as "one of the worst novels I have written", it was well received by contemporary critics. M
F. A. Fraser illustration: Sir Thomas campaigning in Percycross
Charles Reade
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Charles Reade was a British novelist and dramatist, best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth.
Ralph the Heir
…the same amount that he had received for The Vicar of Bullhampton the previous year, and that he received for The Eustace Diamonds two years later. Charles Reade adapted the plot of Ralph the Heir for the stage under the name Shilly-Shally. The play ran for a month in 1872 at the Gaiety Theatre in London, with…
Portrait of Charles Reade
Charles Reade, portrait of him writing, by Charles Mercier, circa 1870
Theatre poster from It is never too late to mend
"Charles Reade," illustrated by Frederick Waddy (1872)